<DIV>Garrett,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have found that if you throw out every politician you disagree with on just one issue, you soon will have no politicians left you like. I guess that is my experience anyway. But my point is this; Every member of the council is wrong on several issues, that is why we have more than just one or two council members. You want a well balanced council, with the hope that the majority will reel in the occasional stragglers. If we have a council and Mayor that is all liberal, or all conservative, the city gets unbalanced. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc@verizon.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Bill and others,<BR><BR>I hope MCA will not consider endorsing Kit Craine. <BR>After watching her on the council the last month or<BR>so, I feel inclined not to
vote for her again.<BR><BR>For one thing, I believe she is too much of a<BR>teetotaler. From what I interpreted from her when<BR>they were discussing the beer garden for the last<BR>farmers market, she was against it. There would have<BR>been no beer garden if she had her way, I suppose.<BR><BR>Also, last night she voted against the noise ordinance<BR>modification, not because she is against giving police<BR>the authority to issue a ticket in the range of<BR>$159-$359 at anytime in Moscow to anybody for any<BR>noise that an officer deems offensive, even if there<BR>is no set level or limit to what that noise may be or<BR>there may not be anybody actually bothered by the<BR>noise.<BR><BR>Apparently, she wants the police to be able to go give<BR>her neighbor a ticket for mowing his lawn at 5 am<BR>because she is intimidated to ask him to mow later in<BR>the day.<BR><BR>But my issue is not so much that she wants to curtail<BR>our Constitutional rights. It's that she wants to
cut<BR>off debate on the subject altogether.<BR><BR>If Bill Lambert had his way, the new NO would be in<BR>effect after the first vote.<BR><BR>If Kit had her way last night, the new NO would now be<BR>law.<BR><BR>Why are they in such a hurry to pass this without at<BR>least letting the debate continue? Who's mowing their<BR>lawn now, anyways?<BR><BR><BR>It seems she is too stubborn to compromise on an issue<BR>that is easily rectifiable and less intrusive to those<BR>of us the law is not intended to target in the first<BR>place.<BR><BR><BR>The way I see it, as an elected official, they are<BR>obliged to let citizens have their time digesting such<BR>an extreme change in our law. They also should be<BR>looking out for the interests of all Muscovites, not<BR>just their self-interest. Compromise, unless you are<BR>an extremist, is part of the game.<BR><BR><BR>To try to cram this down our throat by cutting off the<BR>democratic process of giving the city council time
to<BR>contemplate the issue is unacceptable to me and I<BR>certainly hope MCA will consider this if they decide<BR>to endorse candidates in the future.<BR><BR>I don't know Kit personally and I don't mean to insult<BR>her, but it's frustrating watching this unfold.<BR><BR>Perhaps all her other views I would support, and thus<BR>she should be endorsed, but I think, as it would be<BR>the case for anybody, let's let her record as a city<BR>councilwoman speak for itself.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Garrett Clevenger<BR><BR><BR><BR>Bill,<BR><BR>I would suggest to you and MCA, when you do your<BR>phone calls tomorrow, you have people write in Kit<BR>Craine for the 2 year seat since you don't have anyone<BR>endorsed for that election. It would also give her<BR>legitimacy, getting the next most about of votes, to<BR>be appointed when there is a vacancy in the future,<BR>and most likely there will be, as there always is<BR>between elections. <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Donovan<BR><BR>Bill
London <LONDON moscow.com at>wrote:<BR>OK...I'll play too<BR>I agree with Donovan (!) on the 4 year term winners,<BR>but think Holmes will beat Steed<BR>BL<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Donovan Arnold <BR>To: vision2020 at moscow.com <BR>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 6:10 PM<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Final City Council Election<BR>Prediction<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com